Kulyash Kaimuldinova, Director of Institute of Natural Sciences and Geography; Doctor of Geographical Sciences, Professor. Kaimuldinova Kulyash graduated in 1988 with honors from Abai Kazakh Pedagogical Institute, and then joined the Ministry of Education, and was hired as a teacher at that educational institution. Candidate of Geographical Sciences (1998, Kazakh State University named after Al-Farabi), Doctor of Geographical Sciences (2010, Institute of Geography). Principal scientific research: the research of the physical and geographical foundations of the toponymy of Kazakhstan; responsible executor of fundamental projects of the MES RK.